Patents by Inventor Kazunori Sawada

Kazunori Sawada has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140216027
    Abstract: Provided is a heat storage device which can stably store heat by storing heat within a fixed temperature range. A heat storage device (10) of the present invention is characterized in being provided with a heat resistant frame (11), which is filled with one kind of alloy or mixed salt having a predetermined eutectic temperature, alternatively, a heat resistant frame (11), which is filled with two or more kinds of alloys or mixed salts having different eutectic temperatures, by having the alloys or the mixed salts adjacent to each other in the order of eutectic temperature levels with a partitioning wall (11a) therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicants: Tokyo University of Science Educational Foundation Administration Organization, SWCC Showa Cable Systems Co., Ltd., Nippon Thermostat Co., Ltd., Itoh Kikoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Iida, Kuniaki Mizuno, Yukio Takizawa, Tatsuya Deguchi, Kazunori Sawada, Yohike Mito, Takashi Nemoto, Masahiro Minowa
  • Patent number: 8238733
    Abstract: A device having a tube for heating or heat retaining of fluid includes a first path in which a connection section of a cord heater led out of the tube and a lead wire connected to a power supply is provided, a second path provided between the tube and the first path, and a drainage path for removing leaked fluid of the second path. In this device, the connection section is sandwiched by a pair of first sealing members to retain a sealed state and the cord heater passes through the second path in a sealed state by a second sealing member. This device can effectively prevent gas or liquid from leaking into the space where the connection section of a lead wire and a cord heater is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Nitta Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Sawada, Haruki Shimada, Yuji Nakabayashi, Satoru Hosotani, Nobuyuki Asari
  • Publication number: 20110031739
    Abstract: A connection-state check tool is used for assembling a pipe coupling having a connection pipe and a coupling member. The connection-state check tool comprises a pair of arms and a frame-shaped handle. The pair of arms has claws that can clamp down on the coupling member, and are engageable with the connecting pipe. The frame-shaped handle is connected to the arms. The handle has a split at a position opposite to the arms. The handle has elasticity, due to which the split can expand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: NITTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazunori SAWADA
  • Patent number: 7875835
    Abstract: The present invention makes a proposal of a heating component for a pipe joint which can be easily mounted on a pipe joint and also can stabilize the assembly quality to the pipe joint. The heating component for a pipe joint is characterized in that the heating component for a pipe joint has partially thereon fitting portions each having an inner face shape fitted with a part of an outer shape of the pipe joint, and also, a holding recess portion for holding therein a heating wire is formed on an inner face portion other than the fitting portions; when the heating wire is held in the holding recess portion, and then, the heating component for piping joint is mounted to the joint by fitting the fitting portions with the parts of the outer shape of the joint, the heating wire held in the holding recess portion comes in contact with the pipe joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignees: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd., Nitta Moore Company
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Atsushi Izumi, Akinobu Tsuda, Kazunori Sawada
  • Patent number: 7775562
    Abstract: A quick connector includes a female pipe having a flange in the outer peripheral part thereof, a male pipe having a retainer mounting part, and a retainer slidably mounted on the retainer mounting part of the male pipe to slide at a right angle to the axial direction of the male pipe, in which the female pipe and the male pipe are connected with each other by the retainer holding the flange of the female pipe, and the retainer is allowed to move from a temporarily fixed position to a completely pushed-in position on the retainer mounting part only when the female pipe and the male pipe are in a completely connected state, so that a worker can easily and reliably check whether the pipes are in an incompletely connected state or in a completely connected state by means of hand feeling only without relying on a visual check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Nitta Moore Company
    Inventor: Kazunori Sawada
  • Patent number: 7721766
    Abstract: A problem solved by this invention is to enable prevention of damage to a connector in a fluid transfer tube that is made by mounting a connector to an end of a tube, even when an outside air temperature falls below freezing point. The problem is solved as follows. In a fluid transfer tube that is made by mounting pipe joints to ends of a tube that has elasticity, tube connecting portions of the pipe joints and sections of the tube in the vicinity of the tube connecting portions are covered with heat radiation preventing covers to thereby delay freezing of a fluid inside the tube sections that are covered by the heat radiation preventing covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Nitta Moore Company
    Inventor: Kazunori Sawada
  • Publication number: 20090242062
    Abstract: A problem solved by this invention is to enable prevention of damage to a connector in a fluid transfer tube that is made by mounting a connector to an end of a tube, even when an outside air temperature falls below freezing point. The problem is solved as follows. In a fluid transfer tube that is made by mounting pipe joints to ends of a tube that has elasticity, tube connecting portions of the pipe joints and sections of the tube in the vicinity of the tube connecting portions are covered with heat radiation preventing covers to thereby delay freezing of a fluid inside the tube sections that are covered by the heat radiation preventing covers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: NITTA MOORE COMPANY
    Inventor: Kazunori SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20090034949
    Abstract: A device having a tube for heating or heat retaining of fluid includes a first path in which a connection section of a cord heater led out of the tube and a lead wire connected to a power supply is provided, a second path provided between the tube and the first path, and a drainage path for removing leaked fluid of the second path. In this device, the connection section is sandwiched by a pair of first sealing members to retain a sealed state and the cord heater passes through the second path in a sealed state by a second sealing member. This device can effectively prevent gas or liquid from leaking into the space where the connection section of a lead wire and a cord heater is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: NITTA MOORE COMPANY
    Inventors: Kazunori SAWADA, Haruki SHIMADA, Yuji NAKABAYASHI, Satoru HOSOTANI, Nobuyuki ASARI
  • Publication number: 20080317450
    Abstract: A piping structure of a tube for heating or heat-retaining of fluid such as gas and liquid includes a conduit through which fluid is transported and a plurality of heater lines inserted into the conduit, in which the heater lines are connected in parallel. The piping structure is capable of transporting fluid over a long distance while heating the fluid or keeping the temperature of the heated fluid constant even when the total piping length is long.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: NITTA MOORE COMPANY
    Inventor: Kazunori SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20080290654
    Abstract: A quick connector includes a female pipe having a flange in the outer peripheral part thereof, a male pipe having a retainer mounting part, and a retainer slidably mounted on the retainer mounting part of the male pipe to slide at a right angle to the axial direction of the male pipe, in which the female pipe and the male pipe are connected with each other by the retainer holding the flange of the female pipe, and the retainer is allowed to move from a temporarily fixed position to a completely pushed-in position on the retainer mounting part only when the female pipe and the male pipe are in a completely connected state, so that a worker can easily and reliably check whether the pipes are in an incompletely connected state or in a completely connected state by means of hand feeling only without relying on a visual check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: NITTA MOORE COMPANY
    Inventor: Kazunori SAWADA
  • Patent number: 7417189
    Abstract: A connection structure for a lead wire and a heater wire includes a tube member, a body housed in the tube member in a watertight manner, a through hole extending in an axial direction of the tube member in the body, seal members respectively arranged at both sides of the through hole, and stopper members each having a hole formed coaxially with the through hole and allowing the seal members to be removably attached with respect to the body wherein the heater wire is extended into the body from a liquid side in such a manner as to pass through both the hole and the seal member at one side, the lead wire is extended out of the body toward an electric power supply to be connected with in such a manner as to pass through both the hole and the seal member at the other side, and a connecting section of the heater wire and the lead wire is located in a space of the through hole between the seal members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Nitta Moore Company
    Inventor: Kazunori Sawada
  • Publication number: 20080060845
    Abstract: A connection structure for a lead wire and a heater wire includes a tube member, a body housed in the tube member in a watertight manner, a through hole extending in an axial direction of the tube member in the body, seal members respectively arranged at both sides of the through hole, and stopper members each having a hole formed coaxially with the through hole and allowing the seal members to be removably attached with respect to the body wherein the heater wire is extended into the body from a liquid side in such a manner as to pass through both the hole and the seal member at one side, the lead wire is extended out of the body toward an electric power supply to be connected with in such a manner as to pass through both the hole and the seal member at the other side, and a connecting section of the heater wire and the lead wire is located in a space of the through hole between the seal members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: NITTA MOORE COMPANY
    Inventor: Kazunori SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20070257026
    Abstract: The present invention makes a proposal of a heating component for a pipe joint which can be easily mounted on a pipe joint and also can stabilize the assembly quality to the pipe joint. The heating component for a pipe joint is characterized in that the heating component for a pipe joint has partially thereon fitting portions each having an inner face shape fitted with a part of an outer shape of the pipe joint, and also, a holding recess portion for holding therein a heating wire is formed on an inner face portion other than the fitting portions; when the heating wire is held in the holding recess portion, and then, the heating component for piping joint is mounted to the joint by fitting the fitting portions with the parts of the outer shape of the joint, the heating wire held in the holding recess portion comes in contact with the pipe joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Atsushi Izumi, Akinobu Tsuda, Kazunori Sawada
  • Patent number: 6899541
    Abstract: The life log or journal is directed to produce a record of the life of a child by parent and child, explicitly divided into a fetus era, newborn era, school era, grown-up era, and mature-age era, guiding a parent to write down a record when the child is too young to write for himself/herself, and guiding the child to write for himself/herself when the child grows up. In the region guiding the parent to write down a record, an instruction is printed to inspire the parent to facilitate writing down events of the child's development on occasion together with the parent's feelings at that time. As a result, a life log can be produced, leaving the affection devoted from the parent to child in a visual form so that the parent and child can share affection, joy and emotions throughout the childhood and adulthood of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Onishi, Kazunori Sawada
  • Publication number: 20030099922
    Abstract: The log is directed to produce a record of the life of a child by parent and child, explicitly dividing the era into the fetus era, newborn era, school era, grown-up era, and mature-age era, guiding a parent to write down a record when the child is too young to write for himself, and guiding the child to write for himself/herself when the child grows up. In the region guiding the parent to write down a record, a beacon is printed to inspire the parent to facilitate writing down events of the child's development on occasion together with the parent's feelings at that time. As a result, a life log can be produced, leaving the affection devoted from the parent to child in a visual form so that the parent and child can share affection, joy and emotions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Aprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Ichiro Onishi, Kazunori Sawada
  • Patent number: 4325574
    Abstract: A shock absorbing bumper adaptable for mounting onto the front and rear of a vehicle such as an automobile, the bumper comprising an elastic external member having sheathed therein a flexible core material and a decorative facing base provided on the front side of the external member. An elastic facing base having formed on its front side the elastic decorative facing is provided on its rear side with a plurality of hooks which fit into the corresponding holes formed in bottom portion of the recession of the external member and are engaged therein in such a way that they overhang their undercuts towards at least three ways to the edge of said corresponding holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1982
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosho Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiro Umemoto, Yasuhiro Mishima, Shuichiro Takao, Kazunori Sawada, Nobuo Kobayashi